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| 791.17 | Confused of Newbury | VOGON::MORGAN | Ceasefire is Lebanese for re-loading | Fri Apr 20 1990 09:08 | 14 |
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I've just order a new lease car that the manufacturer says will run quite
happily on either unleaded or leaded providing that the unleaded petrol is a
minimum of 95 octane.
Is this the standard octane rating of the unleaded gas you can buy from any
garage ??
I'd appreciate it, as I'm sure others might, if some well informed bod could
list the different types of gas available and their associated octane ratings.
Cheers,
Rich
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| 791.18 | How green is my valley ? | IJSAPL::CAMERON | Studying fluid dynamics, from a stein | Fri Apr 20 1990 10:19 | 11 |
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Well "Supergreen" is definitely at least 95 octane. "Euro", as
sold here in Holland, Germany and other countries is also 95
octane, so the blurb goes.
I would imagine that virtually all unleaded sold in the U.K. is now at
least 95 octane. Try reading some of the handouts they display at most
garages nowadays.
Gordon
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| 791.19 | doing this from memory :-) | SHAPES::ALFORDJ | Ice a speciality | Fri Apr 20 1990 12:24 | 5 |
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yes, unleaded is 95 octane....about the same as the old 3*
4* and supergreen is about 98 octane....
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| 791.20 | Superplus 98 octane | HOO78C::DUINHOVEN | Dutch treat | Mon Apr 23 1990 12:54 | 8 |
| RE Gordon's answer: In Holland there is Superplus, which is 98 octane
leadfree fuel.
This however may give the impression, one could run it on a lot
of cars. Beware, that lead is used to "cool" valve seatings.
Older cars still will need leaded fuel, because valve seatings are
not prepaired to operate w/o lead.
Hans
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| 791.21 | | SHAPES::ALFORDJ | Ice a speciality | Mon Apr 23 1990 14:56 | 7 |
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Re: .-1
>> Older cars....
especially almost all Austin Rover cars pre 1989...
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| 791.22 | What's it cost now? | CRATE::SAXBY | Time to say something contentious! | Wed Sep 12 1990 14:13 | 9 |
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What is the current price of Supergreen compared with 4 star?
The low-octane unleaded is now about 15p a gallon cheaper than 4
star (I think) at the local garage. Is it worth hunting down a
garage selling supergreen for the Marcos, or is it going to cost
more than �2.29(ish)?
Mark
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| 791.23 | Sainsburys at Basingstoke.... | CUCKOO::SPENCER | tiggers hate mondays | Wed Sep 12 1990 15:35 | 4 |
| .....are the cheapest I've found so far at �2.15 for super unleaded, but if it
wasn't on the way home I don't think I'd bother looking. Anyone found cheaper?
Nigel
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| 791.24 | Is it better ? | CURRNT::CARSON | | Tue Aug 13 1996 16:40 | 8 |
| Kind of related...
Has anybody done any comparisons between normal unleaded and super
unleaded? Is it really worth the premium?
rgds
paul
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| 791.25 | You're milage may vary | HIPS::WATSON | Not the one. | Tue Aug 13 1996 17:16 | 6 |
| Depends (a lot) on the car.
There is no perceivable difference with the BMW 320, but the 328 has
quite a performance boost. I'd try it as see.
Rik
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